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Jaw of Extinct Lion Found Along Drought-Stricken Mississippi River
https://gizmodo.com/american-lion-jaw-fossil-mississippi-river-1849796612
Ancient American Lion Tooth Discovered on Dried Up Mississippi River Bank
Deadly one-two punch may have driven the woolly rhino to extinction
https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-one-two-punch-may-have-driven-woolly-rhino-extinction
Biologist Kate Lyons looks to the fossil record of elephants and mammoths to predict the future of today's large mammal communities
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